Dr. Kimberly Ong, safety and regulatory consultant at Vireo Advisors, LLC, exchanged ideas with researchers and regulators from around the world as they worked together to make regulatory systems more efficient for commercialization of cultivated meat and seafood and precision fermented foods, while still holding a high bar for safety.

The US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) has announced details of their sampling program for cell-cultured meat and poultry products.

Vireo Advisors and New Harvest are excited to announce that we have published the outcomes of Phase II of the Cultured Meat Safety Initiative (CMSI). The paper catalogues key findings from an extensive series of interviews and workshops held with regulatory and governmental scientists worldwide. 

Impactful updates to environmental, health and safety regulations and assessment methods for chemicals, advanced materials and foods headline our latest new roundup.

Cellular Agriculture Canada has been re-launched as a multi-stakeholder coalition led by New Harvest Canada joined by Vireo Advisors, LLC. The mandate of the group is the directive that Canada can capitalize on the global movement to achieve a net-zero economy by leveraging its strengths in the emerging field of cellular agriculture.